Fort Bliss investigator indicted on child porn charges

A Fort Bliss investigator was indicted this week on three counts of having and distributing child pornography.

Jeremy Drews, a 33-year-old U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent, has been charged with receipt, possession and distribution of child pornography, a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Secuirty Investigations agents searched Drews home and seized his home computer and other forms of media.

A computer forensics analysis found child pornography download through the Internet, the release said.

If convicted, Drews could face five to 20 years in a federal prison for receipt and distribution of child porn and up to 10 years for possession of child porn.

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